Hypokalaemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is an Asian man in the United Kingdom

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-121

  Sinharay, Ranjit ^a  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; POTASSIUM; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; TACHYCARDIA; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIET NAM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CARBIMAZOLE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; EXERTION; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; POTASSIUM; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0842286462     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.006684     Document Type: Article

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